- Date
- March 10, 1996, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32421Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960310003739A
- Case key
- 3703
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Probable cause
the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the improper level-off.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot stated that during landing the aircraft bounced three times and went off the side of the runway due to his overcompensation for drift. The aircraft then struck taxi lights, runway lights, and a taxiway sign before coming to rest on the grass on the left side of the runway.
Factual narrative
On March 10, 1996, about 1045 central standard time, a Piper PA-28-151, N32421 ran off the side of runway 5, and collided with runway lights, taxi lights, and a taxi sign at Maury County Airport, Columbia, Tennessee. The airplane was operated by the student pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. A visual flight plan was filed for the solo flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The student pilot was not injured; the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight had originated at Dyersburg, Tennessee, at approximately 0940.
The pilot stated that during landing, he had lost control of the aircraft and the airplane bounced three times. The pilot over corrected to the left for drift, and the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway. The aircraft struck taxi lights, runway lights, and a taxiway sign before coming to rest on the grass. The pilot did not report any mechanical difficulty with the airplane during the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32421
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287515152
- Airframe hours
- 3,685
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raider Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 17, 1995 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- DYR · Dyersburg, TN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MRC · Maury County, runway 5, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 8 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.